Railway-signaling pipe-carrier-foundation top



5 Se t. 15. 1925. 1,553,7s 1= E. F. KNQWLES Y RAILWAY SIGNALING PIPE CARRIER FOUNDATION TOP Filed an; 15, 1924 BY V W ATTORNE 1 Patent d ep 15, 1925.

Y EDWARD 1 KNOWLES, or AL ANY, new ronx.

RAILWAY-Marianne IIIE-GARRIEB-FQITNDATION Tor;

Application :flled January 1511924. Serial Nb. 686,572.

To all 'wlwm it may concern:

Be it known that "1,; EDWARD F; KNowLns,

a citizen of the United- States, and aresident of the city of Albany, in the county of Al- 5 bany and State of NewYork; have invented a new and useful Railway-Signaling Pipe- Carrier-Foundation Top, oflwhich the following is a specification. I r r Thisinv'entionrelates to railway, signaling and particularly to foundationsfused therein and more especially to what is commonly known as a top for the well known'pipe can .rier foundationa c U It is well known to those skilled in the art of railway signaling that in what are known as mechanical plantsthere are pi lines; so called,- which are a plurality o ordinary pipes positioned one beside the other and parallel to each other and fo m" the connecting means between a lever in, a tower and a switch, signal, derail or other function on the roadwa alongside of or between the track rails. a, ese pipe lines: are supported for and easy movement bymeans of what are known as pipe carriers which consist in general one" frame having a roller positioned above the pipe and another roller positioned below the pipe. These rollers are so mounted as to easily turn and the pipe positioned therebetween and! restingfltherc against is thereby so mounted as to be movable with the minimum of manual effortexerted by an operator in an adjacent tower by the operation of a lever'conne'cte'd to the pipe. The pipe carriers are supportedin accordance with well known practice on what is known as a pipe carrier foundation-top. This, top is in accordance with general custom made either of wood orof l'll al and is bolted o cthe wise securely fasten dto a m w n r t ned; n t e, e'a h nd types of tops in so far as susceptibility to I weather conditions and moisture is concerned. a i

It is a'further object of applicants invention to provide a pipe carrier top of such a nature that its installation will be facilitated.

Other objects and advantages of applicants invention will. appear as the description ofthe particular physical embodiment selected to illustrate the invention progresses and the novel features of the in'ventionwill be particularly pointed out in the appended claims; c a

In describing. the invention in detail and the particular physical embodiment selected to illustrate theiinvention reference is had to the accompanying dra-wing, wherein has been illustrated a particular preferred physical embodiment of the invention, and -whe1'ein like characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in'which;

carrier'foundation top embodyingthe invention; Fig.2, is a side elevational View, with parts broken away to more clearly show the construction, of apipe carier top embodying the invention; Fig. 3' is a perspective view of another form of pipe carrier top embodying the invention; Fig. 4, is a side elevational View illustrating the means for combining a plurality of pipe carrier foundation tops embodying the invention; Fig 5, is a detail view illustrating a method of fastening a pipe carrier to a foundation top such as is illustrated by'Fig. 3. I

Numeral 1, designates what is generally known as a pipe carrier foundation This is generallyl a mass of concrete'formed generally as a parallel'opiped'on although this is not the only form of pipe carrier foundation used and applicant desires to have it underis not usable solely with this form of pipe tli'e" bedding facilitating recess 3." The ends 6 an 7* of has as r are a essentially a Figure 1 is across sectional view of a pipe stood that his pipe carrier foundation top right angle to the top and bottom faces 2 and 4 respectively. The sides of the pipe carrier top are identically but reversely formed. They consist of a face as 8 and another face as 9 both substantially at a right angle to the top and bottom faces but the face 9 is offset laterally from theface 8 thereby forming the shoulder 10 inclined preferably, slightly upwardly from theface 9. The recess 3 is of substantial uniform width throughout and is as shown by Fig. 1

. and connects with a bolt orifice 11 which is offa width as shown by Fig.1 suflicient to allow a bolt as 12 to pass therethroughbut is elongated as shown by Fig. 2. Shoulders as 13 and 14 are formed upon which a nut as 15, or if a washer as 16 is used, may rest.

The installation of applicants pipe carrier foundation top is accomplished by placing the top as shown by Figs. 1 and 2upon a pipe carrier foundation 1 sothat it will be positioned as shown by these figures. The top will rest securely upon the foundation, and as an aid to this,'the bearing facilitating recess 5 has been formed so that the top rests on the foundation only along a narrow strip thereof adjacent each edge as shown by Fig. 2 so that there is but slight if any tendency for the'top to rock. The foundation 1 has orifices as 17 in each side thereof. Into these orifices the bent end of thehook bolt 12 is placed after the bolt has been passed through the bolt orifice 11 of the top. After the hook bolt 12 has been positioned as shown by Figsal and '2 a washer as 16 is placed thereon and then. a

nut as 15 is screwed onto the upper end of the hook bolt 12 until the washer 15 is brought to a firm and rigid bearing upon the shoulders 13 and 14. This method of connection assures a firm, rigid and permanent means of attaching the top to the pipe carrier foundation.

The pipe carriers, as shown by the fragments as 18, are placed uponthe fiat upper top 2 of the pipe carrier top and each end thereof is then fastened securely to the pipe carrier top by means of hook bolts as 19', one

end of the hook bolt engaging with the hook bolt shoulder as 10 and the other end to the hook bolt being provided with a nut as 20 for drawing the hook bolt against the shoulder 10 and the carrier 18 tightly against the top 2. r

Fig. 3 illustrates another form of applicants invention and has been designated T. It differs from the form shown by Figs. 1 and 2 in that, hook bolts as 19 for attaching the pipe carriers are not to be used. It is provided along each side with pipe carrier bolt recesses 21 spaced. apart a distance corresponding to the spacing of the pipes of the pipe line. When applicants invention is embodied in a f rm as shown by T then ordinary bolts 22 as shown by Fig. 5 will be used instead of hook bolts to secure the pipe carriers 18 to the top.

As many pipe lines consist of so many pipes that one pipe carrier top would not be sufficient to support all of the pipe carriers, therefore, applicant contemplates arranging a'plurality of his pipe carrier tops end to end as shown by Fig. 4, each supported by a pipe carrier foundation as 1. Applicant may form allof the pipe carrier tops with a squared end as illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, and 3 so'that the several pipe carrier tops will abut each other along a line as shown by 23, Fig. 4. In order, however, to secure a more rigid structure and connect one pipecarrier top with an adjacent pipe carrier top, applicant may arrange the pipe carrier tops with an overhanging portion as shown by 24 which will overlap an under projecting portion 25 of an adjacent pipe carrier top. Each of these portions, the overhanging portion and the'under-project- ,ing portion being formed with an orifice, a bolt as 26 may be passed therethrough so as to firmly hold the adjacent pipe "carrier tops together. Applicant may make his tops with squared ends at each end as shown by Figs. 1, 2 and 3 or with a squared end at one end and at overhanging portion at the other end as illustrated by the cen tral pipe carrier top of Fig. 4, or he may make the pipe carrier top with an underproecting portion 25 on one end and, an overhanging portion 24 at the other end of the standing will harden so as to have the required strength and preferably of sand,

gravel and cement that is, will be made of ordinary concrete preferably but whatever the material, it must be such as will successfully resist the effects of weather when exposed in the open air.

Although applicant has particularly described the construction of one physical embodiment of his invention and explained the operation and principle thereof, nevertheless he desires to have it understood that the form selected is merely illustrative, but does not exhaust the possible physical embodiments of the idea of meansunderlying his inventions.

. What Iclaim as new and desire to secure I by Letters Patent of theUnited States is:

1. A pipe carrier foundation top formed of hardened plastic material and formed with asubstantially flat top face and a substantially flat bottom face formed topro-v vide abedding facilitating recess and each of the side faces arranged in more than one Piles? there f i w s n pee channels formed along each side in pairs and opening at the top at the top face and at the bottom at the shoulder and formed with a plurality of elongated shouldered orifices on the longitudinal median line.

2. In a pipe carrier support, in combination: a'plurality of spaced foundations; a foundation top on each foundation, each top extending so as to abut an adjacent top and each formed at one end with an overhanging portion and on the other end With an underprojecting portion and a bolt passing through the overhanging portion of one and the under projecting [portion of an abutting-top whereby the plurality of tops are securely held together.

EDWARD KNOWLES. 

